Headlight control.



J. D. SLIPHER.

HEADLIGHT CONTROL.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3. IBM.

2 SHEETSSHEET 1.

A'rroRNEY Patent-ed July 9 INVENTJR J. D SUPHER.

HEADLIGHT CONTROL.

APPucAnou man APR 3, 15m.

Patented July J, 1918.

2 SHEETS SHEEI 2 WITNESSES A'r'roRNsar uNrrEo bTATESiPATENT OFFICE.

JAY TD. SLII'HER, OF FRANKFURT, INDIANA.

HEADLIGHT CONTROL.

Application filed April 3, 1917.

To all whom it may nonm'rn:

fort, in the oonnty of ('linton and Stato of Indiana, have invented now and useful linprovomonts in lloadlight .(lontrols, of which tho. following, a specification.

This invontiion rolatos to vehicle head lights and has for one of its objects. the provision of a manually oporatod head light control for siinnltanoously adjusting head lights of a vehicle in vertical and horizontal planes.

Tho invonl ion aims to provido a head light control intlnding a double lanip hraokol; rotatahlo in a horizontal piano to lowor or olovato tho light rays, a tie rod oonnooting tho lamps for swinging them about vorliral pivots and moans for shifting tho tio rod longitudinally and rotating tho. ln-aokot.

'lho invontion also aims to gonorally llllprovo hoad light niorhanisni of this nalnroto rondor it moro, prart iral, useful and (Hillnioroially doairablo.

\Vith lhoso. and other ohjouts in viow as will hooomo inoro apparent as lho dosrription proooods, tho invontion consists in rortain novol foatnros ol ronstruotion, continuation and arrangoniont of arts as will ho horoin'- al'tor l'nllydosrrihod, illnstratod and t'ltllllltll.

In the drawings,

Figure l is a pol'spot'livo \iow ill a vohiolo showing tho appliration ol' my invention lhoroto.

Fig. 2 is atop plan viow showing tho hoad light. motthanisni atlzu'hod lo a vohiolo.

Fig. 3 is a roar oh-vat ion ol tho hond light. oonti'ol, and

Fig. l is a dotail viow of a part to ho horoina l'tor dosorihod.

Fig. ti is an olovation with part lirolton away showing |ll in\'tllliull lhoroon.

Fig. l; is a dolail ol' tho opolatins! llltttlttllllt-lll.

llol'orring in dotnil to tho Iran inns hy nuniorals. l l dosignato lilllllllttl'l lamp posts having lransvorso opt-lungs :2 in thoir uppor onds through whit-h oxtonds a shaft ll of tho douhlo lainp hravlu-l. 't-i| 1':|ll dwi g'nalod -l. A YtJlfl having arms 5 i lot-mod on oaoh ond of tho llrarltot shall :5. 'l ho onds ol' lln' olto .arms aro onlar lod as indioatod al ll and pivolallv oonnorlod hy nit-ans ol' holts T to platos or hingoa 8- whirh aro providod on ono sido Speciflatlon of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1 918.

Serial No.'159.518.

of their pivot ronnuotions with doponding oars 5). These oars aro ronnoctotl to the lamp lugs ll) hy bolts 11.

An adjusting or tio rod 12 is pivotall connoi-tod at its ends to a pair of tho hingo plates 8, oot'ontlic with thoir pivot point, so that; when the rod. is shifted longitudinally, it will swing tho lamps on a vortical axis.

A lovor 13 is connected to and oxlonds up wardly from tho shaft 3 of tho lamp bracket 4 and is oonnootod adjaront its upper end with a universal joint 14 to a main control rod 15 \vhioh oxtonds roarwardlv into easy roaoh ot' the drivor of tho vohiolo. Tho springs 15' whit'h onoirolo tho rod 15 as shonn sorvo to autonmt irally conlor or rotorn tho rod to nontral position \vhon prossnro lhoroon is roloasod. (onnoclod to tho main control rod is a link or lovor Ill which in oonnortod to a link or lover 17 secured to tho tio rod '12. Whon tho maiii Control rod 1? is rotatod. it will move longitudinally through tho niodinin of tho arms l6, 17, the tio rod l2 and whon tho niain oontrol rod is lnovod longitudinally it will swing the arm or lovor l3 to rotato tho lainp hrackots.

An arni' l8 is tixod to tho innor 0nd of tho oontrol rod 15 to t'aoilitato tho rotation thoroot h v hand. lhis arm is also nsol'nl to mow the rod 15 longit-lnlinally. The rod may also ho inovod longitudinally lay the foot lovor 1E) pivotod to a ln'ackot 2U. The lovor is ongagrod at its uppor end with a IOtl by lit-in forltod to t'llilil'ttt'l the Still as shown. To rolalo tho rod l) loot, prossnro, I provide a shall 21 journalod to tho upstanding portion 22 of tho l'oot lovor ll). lhis shaft is boat at right anglos at its nppor end to provido an inwardly oxtonding arm 23 which is oonnoolod to a pair of springs 24. Those springs are sornrod at their ontor ondn to the doponding and divorging arms 25 fixed to tho rod. 'lho lowor ond ol' tho shalt lF; (X- tondod roarwardlv and ha soourod to its torinitml a oross lia 2'3 with foot podnls 27 on oat-h ond thorool'. 'h n ono or tho othor ol' tho podals ii is prossod tho rod ll will he tlu'uod so as to (\t'l'l a downward pull on ono of tho. arms 25; lo i'otato tho rod as will ho oloarlv undoi'stmnl.

l 'roni tho tori-going: dosc-riplion talton in ('lHHH't'l ion wit h tho :u-oonipan vin; drawings, it will ho soon that l havo providod a silnplo and praotiral hoad l ght t'ollllul which by means of a main control rod may be actuated to swing the head lights on a vertical and horizontal axis.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it will be clearl understood that I do not wish to be limitet to this construction, but may make such changes as will fall within the scope and spirit of the invention as claimed.

\Vhat I claim isz-- A head light control comprising a pair of .lamp posts, a horizom i i shaft journaled therein and having yoke. at its ends, a pair of lamps, a air of plates hinged to each lam mean v or pivoting each pair of plates to he ends of each yoke, a rod connecting one plate of each pair together, a bar having longitudinal and rotary movement, a link connecting the end of said bar with the hori zontal shaft to rotate the same, and a pair 01" links connecting said bar with the rod connected to the plates for movin the same horizontally on.the rotation of said bar.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JAY D. SLIPHER. 

